Sirhan Sirhan

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Palestinian immigrant assassin human

Sirhan Sirhan is a Palestinian immigrant who became infamous for assassinating U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy in Los Angeles in 1968.

Aliases (2)

Sirhan ×2
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Palestinian immigrant → assassin → human →
allegedMotive	opposition to Robert F. Kennedy’s support for Israel →
charge	murder →
citizenship	Jordan →
convictedOf	murder of Robert F. Kennedy →
convictionStatus	convicted →
countryOfBirth	Mandatory Palestine →
countryOfEvent	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1944-03-19 →
dateOfConviction	1969-04-17 →
dateOfEvent	1968-06-05 →
ethnicGroup	Palestinian →
familyName	Sirhan →
fullName	Sirhan Bishara Sirhan →
givenName	Sirhan →
immigrationDestination	United States of America →
languageSpoken	Arabic → English →
methodOfKilling	shooting →
movedTo	United States of America →
name	Sirhan Sirhan →
notableEvent	assassination of a U.S. presidential candidate →
notableFor	assassination of Robert F. Kennedy →
paroleHearings	multiple →
paroleStatus	denied multiple times →
perpetratorOf	assassination of Robert F. Kennedy →
placeOfBirth	Jerusalem →
placeOfDetention	California state prison system → Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility →
placeOfEvent	Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles → Los Angeles, California →
politicalContext	Arab–Israeli conflict →
reasonForChangeOfSentence	California Supreme Court decision invalidating death penalty →
religion	Christianity →
sentence	death penalty → life imprisonment →
sexOrGender	male →
sibling	Munir Sirhan →
targetOccupation	United States Senator →
targetOfficeSought	President of the United States →
targetPoliticalParty	Democratic Party (United States) →
usedWeapon	.22 caliber revolver →
victimOfCrime	Robert F. Kennedy →
yearOfImmigrationToUS	1950s →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign →	assassin
Sirhan Sirhan ("Sirhan") →	familyName
Sirhan Sirhan ("Sirhan Bishara Sirhan") →	fullName
Sirhan Sirhan ("Sirhan") →	givenName
Robert F. Kennedy →	killedBy
Sirhan Sirhan →	name
Munir Sirhan →	relative
Munir Sirhan →	sibling